Product Description: This title offers authoritative and comprehensive information for any young person looking to forge their way into the construction industry but doesnt know where to start. Readers are first introduced to the general areas of construction such as working with stone, metal, large machines, and architecture tools and software...read more

Each volume provides readers with a fun and hands-on way to explore their interests and options for a future career by covering a different field selected from the sixteen career clusters defined by the U.S. Department of Education as part of a national career cluster initiative.

Product Description: Construction workers are some of the best-trained and most highly skilled people in the country. But there is much more to success in construction than technical, or "hard," skills. Equally important are the "soft" skills-- those skills that make a worker a valued member of the team...read more

Offers an insider's view of the diverse career options in the construction industry, and lists educational requirements, average salary, and job outlook